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scipy.sparse.csr_matrix.asformat

csr_matrix.asformat(format)

Return this matrix in a given sparse format

Parameters :

format : {string, None}

desired sparse matrix format

• None for no format conversion
• “csr” for csr_matrix format
• “csc” for csc_matrix format
• “lil” for lil_matrix format
• “dok” for dok_matrix format and so on